Backyard Red Stoneware
This clay comes from the banks of our red clay ditch that started out as a cattle trail 50 or so years ago. It’s what I call my “non-sandy” deposit. It’s still sandy, just not …
Tag: clay body tests
Moon Clay (Moon Community)
I did not have to put this clay in the dewatering tub. It settled enough on its own that it didn’t need it. I only rough screened this clay (window screen). It dewaters extremely fast …
Playing with Plasticity (ie varying sand amounts)
You know how you’re trying to solve a problem and finally come to a solution and think wow, that’s so simple, I should have thought of that ages ago?? My clays are sandy. Recently I’ve …
Digging Clay
This is the best time of year for digging and processing clay in my area. The worst of the heat has passed, but it’s generally still warm and dry. The dry weather aids in dewatering …
Limestone and Bone Ash Additions to Sandstone Clay
These are two batches of test tiles with limestone and bone ash for the flux. Because calcium can make a very narrow firing range, I mixed two batches to fire on my middle shelf and …
Test Results for Nepheline Syenite Additions to Sandstone Clay
For the previous post on this clay https://daylenes.com/2021/07/27/test-the-sandstone-clay/ I tested each batch only once. For better accuracy, do multiple tests. However, this tells me that I need to add more Neph Sye than I like. …
More Testing on the Sandstone Clay
The Sandstone clay is a sandy Clay that I dig right next to my house. Previous tests have shown that I need 14-15% added Nepheline Syenite to flux it down to cone 6. That’s more …
Testing the Sandstone Clay
This is a clay that is right next to my house. Super easy to access and easy to process. I first located this clay last year and did some initial tests then got side tracked …
Test Bowls
A couple of test bowls. Both of these had 6.5% added Neph Sye to flux the body down to cone 6. The one on the left is my newest dig location with some of the …
This is what happiness looks like.
This will be about 150 lbs of moist clay after it dewaters a bit. I mixed this up today with my wild clay reclaim and 15% of a local low fire clay. I still need …